Pop Warner Football Conference

Of Eastern Massachusetts

Scholastics Coordinator

Dave Colangelo

32 Upland Road

Burlington, Ma. 01803

PWFC of EASTERN MASSACHUSETTS

Instructions for completing the 2009 Pop Warner Little Scholars All American Application

All-American consideration is based on a total score of last year’s report card (85% of total score) and the All American Nomination addendum (15% of total score).

The All American candidate must submit the 1) All American Scholastic Form, 2) All American Nomination Addendum, and 3) full year end report card from the previous school year. All three documents must be submitted to be considered for AA Scholar recognition.

1) All American Scholastic Form

This form should be filled out if the candidate is entering the 5th grade or above for the 2009-10 school year and has a 96% or greater cumulative grade average. If the candidate was in the 4th grade last year (2008-09) and is entering the 5th grade for the 2009-10 school year, and has a 96% or above cumulative grade average on his/her 4th grade report card from the 2008-09 school year, then the candidate is eligible for All-American scholastic recognition. If the a child is entering the 1st, 2nd, 3rd, or 4th grade for the 2009-10 school year, the child is not eligible for All-American scholastic recognition, regardless of having a 96% or greater average.

2) All American Nomination Addendum (15% of total score)

Every candidate must attach a completed All American Addendum in order to be considered for All American Award recognition. You can have a 100% grade point average but if you do not fill in and submit the addendum the application will not be considered for recognition.

Please complete the Addendum with Activities and Honors from THE PAST YEAR ONLY (2008-09 School Year).

Please do not attach actual awards and honors to your application.

HONORS: (ex. Honor Roll, Honor Society, SpecificSchool Awards, Gifted or AP Courses, etc.)DO NOT LIST SPORTS HONORS, THEY WILL NOT COUNT FOR CREDIT.

Extracurricular Activities/Community Service: (ex. Student Government, Publications, School Clubs, Band, Boy/Girl Scouts, Service Clubs, etc.) DO NOT LIST SPORTS ACTIVITIES, THEY WILL NOT COUNT FOR CREDIT.

3) Report Card (85% of total score)

In order to be considered for All-American candidacy A FULL YEAR’S REPORT CARD from the previous school year (2007-08) must be attached along with the application and this Addendum.

There are three tabs on the All American Scholar Application, the tabs are located on the bottom left hand corner of the excel spreadsheet when the file is open.

Tab #1 – All American App - Scholar Form

Tab #2 – Addendum – All American Nomination

Tab #3 – Additional Addendum – if needed for additional information

Scholastic Form

Please enter the following data on scholar application

  • Name – First Name, Last name
  • Email address – this information is optional (you will see a pop-up box explaining why you may want to provide your email application)
  • Address – Street address only (no for town/city/state)
  • Phone – Enter the phone number WITH dashes(the form will NOT format the phone number for you)
  • City/State/Zip code/Date of Birth–Fill in the four boxes with thehome residence City/State/Zip Code/Date of Birth
  • League Name – The League name is PWFC of Eastern Massachusetts and is already on the scholar form provided. Do NOT over-ride and fill in your league name. Do NOT fill in Greater Boston, Middlesex, Merrimack, or NorthShore.
  • Football/Cheer/Dance – Circle football, cheer, or dance – which ever applies
  • Assoc/Team Name – Fill in the association that the candidate is participating with (example Arlington Pop Warner). Do NOT fill in with your Association team name such as Acton-Boxboro Colonials. It should always be Acton-Boxboro Pop Warner.
  • School Grade for 2009-10 Year – Circle the grade that the candidate is entering for the current 2009-10 school year (ex: 5th, 6th, 7th, 8th, 9th).
  • Association Scholastics Contact/Phone Number/Email - Fill in the three boxes with the Association scholastics coordinator name/phone number/and email address.
  • Grading Conversion – Follow the instructions on the form and fill in numerical numbers in the five categories – Language Arts, Math, Social Science, Science, Humanities. Do NOT fill in the five categories with “letter” grades, you must convert letter grades to numerical grades, out to “two” decimal points.
  • Final Grade Average – fill in the box with the final grade average by adding the five grade categories together and dividing by five
  • Player’s signature – The All American candidate should sign and date this section.
  • Parent’s signature – The parent/guardian of the All American candidate should sign and date this section.

All American Nomination Addendum

Please enter the following data on All American Nomination Addendum

  • Scholar’s Name – Enter the All American candidate name
  • Pop Warner Scholar All American – use the drop down box, answer yes or no, did the current candidate receive National recognition in the previous season?

If Yes, use thedrop down box, select 1st team, 2nd team, or Honorable Mention

  • How many years has the candidate been in Pop Warner – Use the drop down box and select the number of years.
  • Honors Section – Fill in the Honors section with any awards/recognition that the candidate has received during the past school year only. Do not list any SPORTS honors, they will not be considered. Provide contact name and phone number. Examples of Honors awards/Recognition are provided on the form.
  • Extra Curricular Activities/Community Service Section- Fill in the Extra Curricular Activities/Community Service section with any activities the candidate has participated in during the past school year only. Do not list any SPORTS activities, they will not be considered. Provide contact name and phone number. Examples of Extra Curricular Activities/Community Serviceare provided on the form.

Report Card

A copy of the candidates 2008-09 report card should be submitted.

The candidate’s name should be listed on the report card.

The candidate’s school name should be listed on the report card

The report card should be clearly marked with the total grade point average in the upper right hand corner of the report card.

The report card should graded per the Pop Warner supplied grade conversion chart supplied on the 2008Grade.pdf located and listed as“Paperwork Checklist/Grading Scales” on

If the report card lists “FINAL” grades, use the “FINAL” grades.

If the report cards does NOT list final grades, then take all semester/quarterly grades (whichever applies) for the subject category and provide the average of the grades as a final grade.

Example, if Math does not have a final grade, but has trimester grades on 100, 100, 90, then the final grade for Math will be 290 divided by 3 = 96.66.

Always list final grade out to the 2nd decimal point, example, 95.00, 99.75, etc.